Edited by Meriç Öner, Time Scale is the outcome of research and exhibition on architectural works of Erginoğlu & Çalışlar, established by Kerem Erginoğlu and Hasan Çalışlar in Istanbul in 1993. The book surveys the office’s thirty-year journey through objects gathered from the research, design, and implementation processes of their projects. It comprises original sketches, drawings, models, and photographic documents, displayed in chronological order. Published by Pelin Derviş and printed by A4 Ofset. English translation by Melis Şeyhun Çalışlar.

See also the post about the exhibition design.

The Municipality of Forlì has undertaken the cataloging of 300 photographic plates selected from the prestigious Edgardo Zoli Archive. This publication, the first volume in the ArchiviForlivesi series, presents 82 stunning images from that digitized collection. Introduced by three specialist essays by Marino Mambelli, Elisa Mengoli, and Fabrizio Monti, the book offers—for the first time—an in-depth look at the close relationship between the city, the photographer, and his renowned archive.

Edgardo Zoli was the official reporter of all local ceremonies during the Fascist regime, a fashionable portraitist, and a trusted reference for many companies. His work, deeply rooted in the economic and social life of the 1930s, provides a vivid visual narrative of Forlì’s productive landscape, captured through trade fairs, product catalogs, and carefully staged scenes.

This volume marks the start of a wider cultural project and serves as the public-facing element of an initiative that, through its extraordinary photographic material, offers a fresh and compelling perspective on Forlì’s industrial past.

Published by Nomos Edizioni.

Curated by Meriç Öner, Time Scale explores the architectural works of Erginoğlu & Çalışlar, established by Kerem Erginoğlu and Hasan Çalışlar in Istanbul in 1993.

The exhibition surveys the office’s thirty-year journey through objects gathered from their projects’ research, design, and implementation processes. It comprises original sketches, drawings, models, and photographic documents, displayed chronologically. Objects borrowed from the office’s physical and digital collections are presented in a manner consistent with their substance. The exhibition organizes project representations by period, also providing a clear pathway by which to trace changes in architectural technologies. Running parallel to the works, events inserted into Time Scale extend throughout the exhibition’s scope across a shared historical narrative, evoking significant milestones from the past thirty years in both Türkiye and the world.

Houstonia magazing "50 Best Mexican Restaurants" cover.

Samples from the July 2014 issue of Houstonia magazine — a city magazine out of Houston, Texas. The cover story is “Mexican Gold” about the 50 Best Mexican Restaurants in Houston. I chose the relatively new typeface Icebox, by Cyrus Highsmith and Font Bureau, to bring a little fun into the package. The “magnetic letter” style typeface reminded me of the papel picado banners often used as decoration in the Mexican restaurants of the area. To mimick this, I used the typeface for display, mainly in a variety of colors and attached to a “string” rule, like banners. I also used Icebox in it’s typical upper/lowercase style for smaller detail listings such as the “Fast Facts” sidebars — which you can see a detail of below. For the cover, the word “Mexican” was a customized version of the typeface that was integrated with a “50” in Turnip and “Plus” and “to die for” in Quiosco. 

I believe this usage of Icebox was so successful that we’re looking to expand the use of it in the magazine moving forward. Other typefaces used in the design of Houstonia are Font Bureau classics such as Turnip, Quiosco and Salvo Sans — evident in the images. 

Opening spread for the cover feature.

Secondary feature spread.

Third feature spread.

Fourth feature spread.

Detail of the Icebox usage in the "Fast Facts" sidebar.

“The Civil War Monitor is a new quarterly magazine devoted to the belief that popular history need not be superficial or sentimental. In its pages, readers will find richly illustrated and originally researched articles written from a variety of angles—military, political, social, and economic—by the country’s leading historians and authors.” — Modus Operandi

News feature from the launch issue of Houstonia magazine.

Cover design of the May 2013 issue of Houstonia magazine. To go along with the wonderful burger photograph by Ralph Smith, design director Chris Skiles used all caps Turnip Regular and Salvo Sans Regular by The Font Bureau as well as Salvo Sans Condensed Black for the teasers up top.

17″×22¾″ broadsheet featuring 10 essays about contemporary wood type production and printing. Printed in a limited edition of 1,000 to accompany the Wood Type Evolved exhibition at Columbia College Chicago.

All featured typefaces are designed by David Jonathan Ross.